To write about "Superbad" or not to write about "Superbad"?... That is the question before me tonight. I recently read a review of "Halloween" by Roger Ebert in which he said that the movie wasn't for people who don't like that kind of movie, but nevertheless was great at what it did. Ebert compared John Carpenter to Hitchcock, and by that rationale I would have to compare the people behind "Superbad" to John Hughes, John Landis and Woody Allen, well maybe not Woody Allen, but you get the idea. If you didn't see (and like) "There's Something About Mary", then don't start by watching this movie or you'll probably disown me or something. Oh, and by the way, if you didn't see "There's Something About Mary", then don't watch that just to determine if "Superbad" is for you, perhaps you should watch "The Breakfast Club" first, and if you really love that movie, then watch "There's Something About Mary", and after that you might, and I stress MIGHT be ready for "Superbad" Now if you feel like I've gone to extremes to distance myself from any responsibility of you being offended by this movie, you are correct. I was uncomfortable, and not entertained on many occasians while viewing "Superbad" last night. But, I also laughed so hard, well let's just say I laughed really hard. In the previews I had seen that one of the characters had a fake I.D. that claimed that his name was "McLovin". Now that was kind of funny, but nothing prepared me for how far they would run with that name, and how it stayed consistently funny, and even got funnier as the film progressed. What on the surface seems to be a raunchy teenage comedy, turns out to be at it's heart a raunchy, thoughtful, teenage comedy. Mom, don't go see this movie. Nate, what did you think?
Alright, I'm going to break tradition here a little, but it is out of concern for everyone. I have to talk about Halo, but I don't want to take up more room over at the family blog. Over here on my blog I talk about what I am most interested in; films. I feel that Halo actually is in many ways in the same category as film for me. I mean this, the anticipation of watching a good film, in seeing how it unfolds, in enjoying the details, in analyzing the experience afterwards, all of this is true of the Halo franchise for me as well. I bought Halo and the original XBox the day they came out. That evening as the game loaded up and Master Cheif crash lands on the mysterious ringed planet, my video game life would forever be changed. There are few moments in life that give you that wonder and awe, like when your first child is born, or you see "The Matrix" for the first time. So here I am on this new planet, what do I do next. There's no track, no single course of action. The planet is mine. There is a valley and in the distance gunfire, maybe I should go that way. That first level and that first valley seemed to go on forever (in a good way), and if the aliens got too scary I could run back, no invisible walls, that experience was so much fun. Then came Halo 2, it wasn't the huge leap that Halo had been, but now after I played through the game I started to take my combat experience online, against other battle hardened gamers. Now I'm not playing against computer programs, no, now I play against unique people, ten year olds, thirty year olds, girls, Army guys, inner city kids, everyone. Try to prorgram that into a computer. Now it's not always fun, getting schooled in Rumble Pit by a thirteen year old isn't good for the ego, but there's always a next round... Now comes Halo 3, just over a month away, and I know it's going to be better than all three of the "Star Wars" prequels combined. XBox 360 graphics whith a brand new game engine. New weapons, vehicles and characters. Wide open spaces. 4 player online co-op. Co-op, where players play as a team to go through the Halo story is sweet and fun, but now we get to do it with people around the world and there'll be four of us. Now Nate just got XBox live for his 360, and we got to chat and play a little the other night. I'm looking forward to the conversations we'll get to have and the fun we'll have playing over the next few weeks, but I'm really looking forward to having Rob over, he gets one controller, I get another and down in Louisiana Nate uses another one and we all paly Halo 3 together. Who'll get the most kills? That doesn't really matter, as long as we're killing aliens together.
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